Diacyclops clandestinus (Kiefer, 1926)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Hexanauplia
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Genus: Diacyclops
Characterisation
Stygophile
Distribution
Palaearctic, Indo-Australian Region
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Maara, Lindberg 1955b, Lindberg 1955d, Paragamian 1993, Beron 2016, Cerasoli et al. 2025
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Prosotsani / Closest settlement: Angitis
  • Spilaio Agias Elenis, Cerasoli et al. 2025
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Kavala / Closest settlement: Zygos
  • Spilaio Chrysopigis, Lindberg 1955d, Cerasoli et al. 2025
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Chrysopigi_
  • Spilaio Pestereta, Lindberg 1955d, Cerasoli et al. 2025
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Oreini
  • Spilaio Melidoniou, Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Melidoni
IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
PESI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Cerasoli F, Fiasca B, Di Cicco M, Galmarini E, Vaccarelli I, Mammola S, Malard F, Stoch F, Galassi DMP 2025. EGCop: An Expert-Curated Occurrence Dataset of European Groundwater-Dwelling Copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34: e13953. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13953
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de la Grèce II. Fragm. Balc., Skopje, 1 (23): 189-195.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Lindberg, K. 1956. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de Crète avec un liste de Crustacés divers recueillis dans de lac de Kourna. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat., 4 (5): 97-120.
  • Paragamian, K. 1993. Environmental study on the arrangement and management of the Maara cave, Kokkinogia, Drama. Final report.. Democritus University of Xanthi, Greece, 45 p. (in Greek).
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Diacyclops clandestinus (Kiefer, 1926). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 13.02.2025, Accessed 03.05.2026